Color signaling has long provided us with visual clues about what to eat and what not to eat. Food dressed in fuzzy black and blue mold? No, thank you. Red meat fading to dull brown? Merely a case of ...

All four substances that the Food Safety Act proposes banning have been outlawed in Europe and Australia for decades.

If passed, the Illinois Food Safety Act would ban certain additives in candy, soda, and other food items sold and ...

You may have heard in the news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer allow the use of FD&C Red Dye No. 3 ...

Vani Hari, a campaigner who has been pushing Kelloggs to remove the dye from its cereals, said: 'Red No. 3 being allowed in ...

and Cosmetics Act of 1938 was amended to include the Food Additive Amendment, due to consumer concerns about the impact of unknown chemicals in the food they consumed. The amendment ensured the safety ...

The dye, known for its bright cherry-red color, is found in candies, snack cakes, maraschino cherries, and some beverages.

"And we have never had a large population trial in the United States—only in Europe, where regulations and food additives are a little different than in the U.S. and where preservatives were ...

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The second bans dye Red No. 3—also known as erythrosine, a color additive made from petroleum—from foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups. Food manufacturers will ...

But CSPI’s Principal Scientist for Food Additives and Supplements, Thomas Galligan, says Red No. 3 isn’t the only food additive that’s been linked to harmful side effects including cancer.

The decision by the federal agency also follows in the footsteps of California, whose government banned the additive in October 2023. Manufacturers using red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs have ...